Waif-like Russian model Alesya Kafelnikova has admitted to drug-taking, eating disorders, slashing her wrists and deeply troubled relations with her famous father, ex-world number one tennis star Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

In a searingly honest interview, she laid bare the pressures she has faced as the daughter of a top Moscow sports star who felt misunderstood by her busy parents from her early childhood.

For several years, the young model, now 19, has publicly denied having an eating disorder despite public rebukes for her skinny appearance from her famous father.

Alesya Kafelnikova, 19, has opened up about her struggles with depression and the 'broken' relationship with her father, tennis legend Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Alesya now admits that she suffered from bulimia after years of denying she had an eating disorder despite her father's public comments

She also tells of how she became hooked on drugs while in the UK because it gave her a sense of freedom that she never had as a child

Now she has opened up in an extraordinarily candid interview in Russian Tatler revealing the impact of her broken family, and her resentment at feeling judged by family friends including Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich.

She told how she felt Britain was her salvation yet revealed it was also where she obtained drugs, and how her first love was her London psychologist.

Alesya told Tatler she is now overcoming her problems via therapy and rehabilitation which her father has paid for.

The model goes to anonymous sessions each evening when she can speak openly about her problems.